In conjunction with the exhibit of Casey Robert’s cyanotype work The 930 Center is presenting a workshop with the artist.
This workshop, taught by Casey Roberts in conjunction with his
exhibit of cyanotype paintings, will explore the cyanotype as an
art-making process. Participants will make at least two cyanotype
prints by the end of the workshop. The $10 fee covers all of the
materials and supplies. Participants are only required to bring clothes
that can get stained and some objects for use in cyanotype photograms.
Suggested objects could be flowers, toys, leaves, or transluscent
objects such as a small stained glass window.Cyanotype History
Popularized later for use as engineers’ ‘blueprints’, the process
was first discovered in 1842 by scientist and astronomer Sir John
Herschel. Soon after being discovered, the process was adapted for
photographic copying. Some of the earliest cyanotypes were made for
scientific catalogues, such as the algae photograms by Anna Atkins
(click on thumbnail at left). The process has now been succeeded by
modern methods for photographic copying and is not widely used
commercially or artistically.
Saturday January 12th, 2008. 2-6PM
$10. Limited space available. Register by emailing the 930.
December 17, 2007
Art, Germantown